#C2B349#C2B349

#C2B349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B349
RGB	rgb(194, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -7.49, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 55.01, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0248 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5724, 44.1922, 12.7475)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B349 #4958C2

analogous

#C27749 #C2B349 #95C249

triadic

#C2B349 #49C2B3 #B349C2

tetradic

#C2B349 #49C277 #4958C2 #C24995

square

#C2B349 #49C277 #4958C2 #C24995

split-complementary

#C2B349 #4995C2 #7749C2

monochromatic

#6C6324 #9A8D34 #C2B349 #D1C677 #E1D9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C2B349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C2B349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B349

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B349	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c980',
    500: '#c2b349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b349;
$custom-light: #d7c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75913,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B349

secondary

#99A0CE

accent

#60D94E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B349

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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